2017 Top Ten Centers of Biomedical Research

Memphis, TN, April 15, 2017 The Hartwell Foundation today officially announced its 2017Top Ten Centers of Biomedical Research. Each year the Foundation invites selected institutions in the United States to nominate individuals to compete for Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards for early-stage, innovative, and cutting-edge biomedical research with the potential to benefit children. The Award provides funding to individual researchers for three years at $100,000 direct cost per year.

The Hartwell 2017 Top Ten Centers of Biomedical Research include:

Case Western Reserve University

Cornell University

Duke University

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The Johns Hopkins University

University of California, Davis

University of California, San Diego

University of Virginia

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Hartwell Foundation invites each Top Ten Center to nominate up to three individuals for a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award.

In addition, the Foundation invites Yale University, Northwestern University, Boston University, the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, the University of Minnesota and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to participate at-large, and nominate up to two individuals for the same competition. Based upon submitted Nominees, the Foundation will select ten investigators to receive a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award, to be announced in April of 2018. Based upon submitted Nominees, the Foundation will select ten investigators to receive a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award, to be announced in April of 2017.

For each Nominee selected for funding, the sponsoring participating institution will qualify to receive a Hartwell Fellowship to fund one postdoctoral candidate in biomedical research who exemplifies the values of the Foundation. The Fellowships offer support for two years at $50,000 direct cost per year to individuals in the early stage of their career by enabling them to pursue further specialized research training as part of their professional development.

In selecting each research center of excellence, The Hartwell Foundation takes into account the shared values the institution has with the Foundation relating to children's health, the presence of an associated medical school and biomedical engineering program, and the quality and scope of ongoing biomedical research. The Foundation also considers the institutional commitment to support collaboration, provide encouragement, and extend technical support to the investigator, especially as related to translational approaches and technology transfer that could promote rapid clinical application of research results.